Illinois Gay Marriage Bill Stalls, Won't Come Up in Lame Duck
January 4, 2013 at 11:15 am
A unified Republican party and conservative Democrats have foiled (for now) the "momentum" to redefine marriage -- please continue to keep up your grassroots lobbying!
With the limited time remaining in the lame duck session, advocates said Thursday night that there isn't enough time to pass the full Illinois marriage equality bill in the lame duck session, so they will focus instead on work in the next general assembly, which begins Jan. 9.Despite passing as an amendment to another bill in the Senate executive committee Thursday evening, advocates decided to regroup and present a new bill in the Senate and House starting next week, the start of the 98 General Assembly.
"There is no way for us to pass the bill in one house and continue in the other house in next assembly," said Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois, one of several groups pushing for marriage equality in the state. "With just a handful of days remaining in the current lame duck session, time to move the bill through both chambers is not on our side." (Windy City Media Group)
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Excellent news. Hopefully decent people will rally and keep the malaise from infecting Illinois. Just because some of the New England states have moral cancer doesn't mean the rest have to.
Because if gay people cant get married, they cant keep their children, and have to turn str8, right?
"No! We refuse to let you make us help out constituents! We don' wanna! (We still get paid, right?)"
People can't imagine what will be taught in schools and what innocent children will be exposed to where parents have no say or right to a moral way of life.
When the new Illinois Congress reconvenes, both the Senate and the House will have a super majority. So the battle is by no means over. The new Congress can easily pass a same-sex marriage bill disguising it as a Freedom of Religion Act once again deceiving and confusing the citizens of Illinois. It is imperative to show up to Lobby Day on January 8th at 10:00 AM at the Capitol Rotunda and pray like your life depended on it....your children's lives do depend on the action we as adults take now.
I am wondering why illinois legislature wanted to pass SSM in the so-called Lame Duck session, rather than wait a few days when a new Democrat-controlled legislature convenes. There must be a powerful reason. Perhaps it fits a pattern: Anytime a judge or legislator is about to RETIRE, they might agree to maneuvers against ethical or legal rules/laws, for they have little to lose. I see this pattern over and over, and it is a weakness of our law system, specially in State legislatures where just about anyone can get elected simply on the basis of popularity. Note there is no educational requirements for becoming Senator or Representative. There's no I.Q. test or anything. As long as a candidate shakes lots of hands and speaks in very vague terms, it is good enough. Looking at comments in web pages supportive of SSM gives one a good look at what the vocal viewers use as arguments - mostly ad-hominem slurs. Problem is some defenders of natural marriage also indulge in the same type of cheap argumentation which gets nowhere.